Dementia Movies

An old woman suffering from dementia thinks she is twenty years old and is about to run away with her lover. How does this illness affect her son?

Short animation by Takahiro Shibata

On his daughter’s birthday, Das chooses not to return home. Instead, he visits Yakob—an elderly man slowly losing his memory. Introducing...

In this "Best Concept" award-winning film, after meeting the love of his life, Brian is sent off to war. Upon his return, he learns of his dementia...

Mysterious lifeforms “Happy Bogeys” appear and change shape and form. Do their mysterious words and actions mean anything? This little...

An experimental psychological horror short film about living with dementia.

Sally suffers from dementia, a regularly misunderstood and mistreated illness. She believes she is in her prime, enjoying her twenties as a...

An intimate, painful, and hopeful story about the power of love when memory begins to fade.

A daughter uses postcards to re-create past moments for her mother, who is living with dementia

The short film Moneta is a 12-minute drama that tastes the forms of love across fates and the difficulties of living with dementia through one day of...

Through innovative 3D animation, this film follows an elderly woman’s journey through her memories as Alzheimer’s reshapes her sense of...

"Welcome to the World of Dementia" is an NHK program adapted from the book "A Travel Guide to the World of Dementia" by Japanese author Yusuke Kakei....